| The Galactic Center Revisited (Gallery Explorer)
Hiding behind the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius is the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, over... |
| The North America Nebula (Gallery Explorer)
Seen here in visible light, the North America Nebula strangely resembles its namesake continent. Expanding... |
| The Art of Exoplanets
While astronomers have identified over 500 planets around other stars, they’re all too small and... |
| The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)
Today's telescopes study the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum. Each part of the spectrum tells us... |
| The Dragon and the Swan (Gallery Explorer)
Hidden behind a dark veil of dust in the constellation Sagittarius, a lurking dragon has been revealed by the... |
| When Worlds Collide (Showcase)
When worlds collide, the result is spectacular, and astronomers think they’ve detected the aftermath of... |
| The Wise Sky (Gallery Explorer)
In December of 2009, NASA launched its latest infrared telescope, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.... |
| The Many Views of the Milky Way (Gallery Explorer)
In May of 2009, the European Space Agency successfully launched the Herschel Space Observatory, a new eye for... |
| The One Ring of Saturn (Showcase)
Astronomers have found One Ring to rule them all, not in the land of Mordor, but around Saturn, the Lord of... |
| Cooking Up Cometary Crystals (Showcase)
The fading light of a flaring young star has shed light on a puzzle involving crystals and comets. |
| Orion Nebula (Gallery Explorer)
Explore the dusty secrets of the Orion Nebula through Spitzer's infrared vision. |
| A Galaxy of a Different Color (Showcase)
To commemorate this International Year of Astronomy, three of NASA's flagship observatories have put a new... |
| The Omega Nebula (Gallery Explorer)
The Omega Nebula, or M17, is a star-forming region in the constellation of Sagittarius and is about 6,000... |
| The W5 Stellar Blast Furnace (Showcase)
It's a chaotic region, sculpted by the glare of one generation of massive stars that's giving rise to the... |
| The Milky Way Big Picture (Showcase)
Two and a half billion infrared pixels are exposing our own Galaxy in this new image from NASA's Spitzer... |
| Snowflake Cluster (Gallery Explorer)
A group of baby stars form a "stellar snowflake" in Spitzer's observations of a dusty region near... |
| Echoes of a Supernova (Showcase)
A supernova flash echoing through surrounding dust clouds has given astronomers a virtual time machine for... |
| Protostellar Jets (Gallery Explorer)
Giant jets from baby stars blow colorful bubbles in interstellar space. Spitzer's infrared view reveals these... |
| Promo: IRrelevant Astronomy
IRrelevant Astronomy takes a lighthearted, comedic look at the infrared Universe. Enjoy this peek at the... |
| Rho Ophiuchi Cloud (Gallery Explorer)
One of the most striking nearby star-forming regions is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud. New images from Spitzer... |
| The X-Planets (Showcase)
These two extreme planets have set the records for the hottest and windiest known worlds anywhere. |
| Galaxies (Gallery Explorer)
Galaxies take on striking new colors and structures when viewed by the infrared eye of the Spitzer Space... |
| Trilogy of Terror (Showcase)
For Halloween, a trilogy of spooky star-forming regions tell a haunting tale of the lives and deaths of stars. |
| Mira, A Real Shooting Star (Showcase)
The star Mira has kept a stunning secret that scientists have only just discovered in the glow of ultraviolet... |
| Helix Nebula (Gallery Explorer)
The eerie Helix nebula, created from the outer layers of a dying star once like our own, reveals secrets to... |
| Eta Carinae (Gallery Explorer)
The beautiful Carina nebula, stretching 200 light years across space, has been shredded by ultraviolet... |
| Special: M51 & Gizmo
What makes the Earth livable? In this animated cartoon, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer... |
| Galactic Center (Gallery Explorer)
The fantastic structures at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, hidden from us in visible light, are revealed... |
| Andromeda, Beauty and the Beast (Showcase)
In Greek Mythology, the Princess Andromeda was sacrificed to appease a sea monster's appetite. But... |
| Large Magellanic Cloud (Gallery Explorer)
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, is revealed in exquisite detail in this... |
| Pillars of Destruction
They're known as the Pillars of Creation, but according to recent Spitzer observations these ghostly... |
| Seeing the First Light
Astronomers peering deeply into the cosmos think they have found something remarkable... the light from the... |
| Night and Day on an Alien World
It's as clear as day and night... but on an exotic alien world! Astronomers have for the first time measured... |
| A Stellar Census of the Sword of Orion
New images of the Orion Nebula show thousands of nascent solar systems. |
| Exposing the Exploding Cigar Galaxy
M82 has been called an exploding galaxy, and three of NASA's Great Observatories have teamed up to show it... |
| Planetary Life After Death
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, astronomers have found that a whole new solar system may be forming in... |
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